ADIC Scalar AIT 440, Installation And Operating Manual

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Installation and Operation 67
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Operating the Tape Drives
Once installed and configured, the application software automatically
controls the tape drives as you perform backup and restore operations.
Unless there is a problem with the tape drives, you should never need to
touch them. However, you may need to perform the following tasks,
which are described in this chapter:
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Monitoring the tape drive LEDs
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Cleaning the tape drives
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Displaying information about tape drives
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Ejecting a cartridge manually
Note: You cannot control the tape drives from the operator panel.
However, you can perform diagnostics on the tape drives across
the 9-pin or 25-pin serial port.
Monitoring the tape drive LEDs
The AIT tape drives use light-emitting diodes (LEDs) to indicate their
operating states. Normally, you do not need to monitor the LEDs when
the tape drives are installed in the library; however, this section lists the
basic tape drive LED states for your reference.